Photography

This Saturday, January 18, the Cuban American Phototheque Foundation in Miami opens Iván Cañas: A Retrospective, a career survey of the noted photojournalist. Photography scholar Grethel Morell Otero and curator Abelardo Mena explore one of Cañas’s major projects: the long out-of-print photo book, El Cubano se Ofrece.

Since the late 1980s, the urban landscape has loomed large in the visual imagination of the island’s photographers. In a detailed two-part essay, photo historian Grethel Morell explores both broader trends and the work of individual artists.

Curator Elvia Rosa Castro has selected 13 young and emerging Cuban artists for Tócate, the summer show at Galería Habana. Art school grads, students, self-taught artists—all were invited to submit work. The results are a snapshot of current trends among emerging artists on the island.

In 1967, more than a hundred international artists sent work—or arrived themselves—for an unprecedented event in Havana. At the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Gran Espiral marks the 50th anniversary of the Salón de Mayo.

From top-tier Chelsea galleries to venerable Miami strongholds and intrepid Havana outposts, Cuban art is turning up in more and more Art Week booths—especially at the flagship Art Basel Miami Beach. Here’s our roundup of where to see Cuban art in the 2017 fairs.

Art Week starts early for Cuban art, with the first exhibition openings this Friday and more shows already running in museums and galleries around town. Here’s a roundup of shows to catch before—and during—the fairs.